Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If you are instead looking for the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Thursday, June 18 (Game #1103).
Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Set #1104) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- TIME MACHINE
- Teetotaler
- DIM SUM
- SOY SAUCE
- SPINDERELLA
- FORTUNE COOKIE
- VEGEMITE
- VISCOUNT
- CHOPSTICKS
- MISO PASTE
- PERSON PERSON
- HEART AND SOUL
- COINCIDENTALLY
- HE
- ARTIST
- PARMESAN
- FOR ELISE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1104) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: strong tastes
- GREEN: Key starters
- BLUE: Reading material in front.
- PURPLE: Add it at the end
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #1104) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FOODS RICH IN UMAMI
- GREEN: THINGS A BEGINNER COULD LEARN ON THE PIANO
- BLUE: STARTING WITH MAGAZINES
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS OF “AGGREGATE”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1104): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1104 are…
- YELLOW: FOODS RICH IN UMAMI MISO PASTE, PARMESAN, SOY SAUCE, VEGEMITE
- GREEN: THINGS A BEGINNER COULD LEARN ON THE PIANO CHOPSTICKS, FÜR ELISE, HEART AND SOUL, THE ANIMATOR
- BLUE: STARTING WITH MAGAZINES FORTUNE COOKIE, PERSONA, SPINDERELLA, TIME MACHINE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS OF “AGGREGATE” COINCIDENTALLY, DIM SUM, ABSTINENCE, VISCOUNT
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I almost managed to avoid tying all the Chinese foods into one group (DIM SUM, FORTUNE COOKIE, CHOPSTICKS, SOY SAUCE) after thinking that MISO PASTE, VEGEMITE and SOY SAUCE should be linked. I was thinking fermentation instead of unami, that’s how I came to add PARMESAN.
My past life working in publishing, including at a Time affiliate, helped me see START WITH MAGAZINES. All four are quite rare in that they are still thriving; Most of the titles I worked for no longer exist.
Finally, with eight tiles left I was able to play an error-free game after detecting the count, sum, total, and count at the end of ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR “AGGREGATE.”
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, June 18, Game #1103)
- YELLOW: TYPES OF FITNESS CLASSES AEROBIC, BAR, BOOTCAMP, PILATES
- GREEN: BEHAVIOR ATTITUDE, PORTION, PRESENCE, PRESENCE
- BLUE: ACTIVISTS FOR PEACE GANDHI, KING, MANDELA, TUTU
- PURPLE: TOOLS EXCEPT THE LAST TWO LETTERS HAMM, JIGS, PLIE, WREN
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
